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Saratoga Special Editions

In 2001, we launched The Saratoga Special newspaper to cover the peerless racing season at New York’s Saratoga Race Course. All these years later, we’re still doing it. All editions available as PDFs online. Click on the cover or publication date to access. The current archive goes back to 2007, but we’re working on adding the early years to complete the archive.

Belmont Stakes web editions presented by Breeders' Cup.

August 14, 2024

Week Six catches up with Grade 1 turf wins by Carl Spackler and cover boy Carson's Run, previews three days of stakes, goes on a stable tour with Mike Trombetta and closes the book on sales week.

August 10, 2024

Rain delays...rain outs...rain races. Somehow, Saturday looks sunny and the show (in one form or another goes on). Sprint star Cogburn hopes to go in the Troy. Turf milers wait for Sunday's Fourstardave. Stable tour with David Duggan, NY-bred sales preview and more.

August 7, 2024

That's a wrap. Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga select sale sets a record after two rocking sessions at Fasig-Tipton. Stable tour with Bruce Brown, stakes previews and more.

August 6, 2024

Fireworks at the first night of the Fasig-Tipton Select Sale as a Not This Time colt reaches $3.4 million and drives big increases over 2023's first night. Plus a stable tour with Jonathan Thomas and loads more.

August 5, 2024

Next calls his shot and dominates, again, in the Birdstone. The yearlings, buyers, sellers, lookers and showers are here for the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale, we take a stable tour with Horacio De Paz and more.

August 4, 2024

Smooth Sailing. Arthur's Ride speeds to victory in the Grade 1 Whitney for trainer Bill Mott as wet course forces rescheduling of two turf stakes. Ways And Means wins the Test, we take a tour with Charlie Appleby, check in at the sales and more.

August 3, 2024

The August 3 Edition of The Saratoga Special sets a record with 72 pages (find somewhere comfortable to read). National Treasure ships in for the Whitney, one of five stakes on Saturday's card. We preview it all, take a stable tour with Brad Cox and loads more.

August 2, 2024

Hall of Fame Day. The only Friday edition of the meet showcases the 2024 class of inductees, takes a look at two stakes, covers Wednesday and Thursday and takes a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour with Tonja Terranova.

July 31, 2024

Week 4. Crank it up. Fierceness shows up and shows off in the Jim Dandy. Nakatomi wins the Vanderbilt and Silver Knott keeps on rolling. We preview Wednesday and Thursday, take a Fasig-Tipton stable tour with Al Stall and more.

July 27, 2024

The third Saturday of the meet features a showdown between top 3-year-olds Sierra Leone, Fierceness and Seize The Grey in the Jim Dandy plus the Vanderbilt Grade 1 sprint. Plus we cover three days of racing highlighted by a return to Saratoga by jockey Mike Smith and more.